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In this poignant, evocative novel, bestselling author Holly Chamberlin sweeps you into the picturesque town of Ogunquit, Maine, where a family in flux explores their ties to a beautiful beach house, and to each other.

Some houses have a personality of their own. Larchmere is that kind of place--a splendid, sprawling home with breathtaking views that open to briny Atlantic air and seabirds' calls. It's the place where Tilda McQueen O'Connell grew up and now vacations each year, and where she and her three siblings--Adam, Hannah, and Craig--have gathered to commemorate the tenth anniversary of their mother's passing.

But instead of the bittersweet but relaxing reunion Tilda expected, she finds chaos. Her father's plan to marry a younger woman has thrown the fate of the beach house into uncertainty. For Tilda, the stakes seem the highest. Alone and vulnerable two years after her husband's death, she sees Larchmere as not just a cherished part of her history, but her eventual refuge from the world. Faced with losing that legacy, Tilda must embrace an unknown future. And all the McQueens must reconcile their shared, sometimes painful past--and learn how to love one another even when it means forging a life apart. . .

The Family Beach House

Found it to depressing.......dragged on and on. No real ending. Wont read another book by HOLLY CHAMBERLIN.

by Yvonneon May 25, 2016

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3.0

Too much of a fashion guide

Well written with an interesting plot, but all the pages describing in detail what clothes people are wearing are tiresome to get through.

by Marian Flickon May 29, 2016

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2.0

I thought the title "The family beach house" had p

I did not enjoy this book. I only finished due to the prelude, I wanted to see how this brother ended up with the house. I found the characters whiny and shallow. Some of the descriptives were ok but there was alot of bla bla bla

by elaineon June 24, 2017

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4.0

Family dynamics

This was the first novel I have read by Holly Chamberlin and I really liked it. Her characters seem alive in the pages. The family dynamics and the problems they each go through in the McQueen family seemed so believeable. I would recommend this novel.

by Rebeccaon October 12, 2016

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3.0

Family Beach house

A large family come home to the beach house for the tenth memorial for their dead mother.The Mc Queen s are father his girlfriend, Craig and Adam and sisters Tida and Hannah.The question to the family is what will dad do with the HOUSE. WHO WILL HE LEAVE IT TO..?
There are questions about the tolerance of the individuals to each other. Who has rights and assumed rights,. A good read very involved?